Biography

Aleksi Myllykoski’s St. Virus is a Covid-themed album born in pandemic times. It processes the pandemic phenomenon from the aspect of the individual and sometimes of the pandemic itself on a philosophical level.

The opening track, Isolation, takes the listener on a journey plagued by the sense of loneliness created by isolation. The ever-present melancholy slowly deepens into an overflowing anxiety without release.

The eponymous St. Virus is a piece that considers the relationship between man and nature and the viruses that appear in it. They work in their own expected and, upon consideration, very honest way. Are we humans honest like this? Are human beings on some level similar to a virus?

Inherently Destructive presents the idea of the unsustainability of the current situation. The events around us are fundamentally destructive for the individual person, for society and for the culture it carries.

St. Virus is its creator's personal soundtrack through Covid times. The album features artists Tapani Rinne, Wimme Saari and Ville Kuukka.

Tracklist

1. Composition I - Isolation
2. Composition II - St. Virus / Fall
3. Composition III - Control
4. Composition IV - Suffocate
5. Composition V - Social Distancing
6. Composition VI - Inherently Destructive / Contamination
7. Composition VII - The Value Of Culture